Games

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:50 pm

it looks like the post game stuff i haven't done yet (will never do, ever) in final fantasy 12 is even more exciting than the end game section described above

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Yi ... ntasy_XII)

Yiazmat is the ultimate Elite Mark in Final Fantasy XII. It is not only the ultimate mark, but also the ultimate boss. Defeating Yiazmat takes at least an hour at high levels and player skill, but usually takes longer. Yiazmat has well over 50 million hit points

(the most damage you can do in a single hit is about 10000)

Post by **vom** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:01 pm

Pfft I have more hit points than that

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:02 pm

and that's why you take at least two hours to defeat

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:00 am

https://uk.pcmag.com/games/133930/you-c ... smart-lamp

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:24 pm

richschnauzer wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:00 am https://uk.pcmag.com/games/133930/you-c ... smart-lamp

I love stuff like that!

Post by **endar** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:01 pm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1526350/Harlow/

i feel obligated somehow

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:28 pm

Hooray

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:32 pm

And the reviews for Harlow are already in...

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:08 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:50 pm

endar wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:01 pm https://store.steampowered.com/app/1526350/Harlow/

i feel obligated somehow

Harlow looks better than I could've ever envisioned.

Post by **vom** » Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:23 pm

Night in the Woods

damn
I do love an emotional game with beautiful music
and this is that

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:57 pm

Yeah it's real nice isn't it
Really well written too

Post by **vom** » Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:42 pm

Yeah very much so.
I played the two bonus mini-games today and those are lovely too

Post by **richschnauzer** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:19 pm

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1 ... pKUO8YSlhw

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:50 am

"With games for adults." ??

Leisure Suit Larry Simulator, p'raps?

Whilst liking some of their output, I was always TEAM Mastertronic!

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:04 am

As my nieces and nephews are here, I have been forced to play zelda games 24 hours a day. After doing Wind Waker 2 years ago (still wondrously lovely) and then skyward sword (much worse and infinitely more wearyingly tedious than i remembered) i am now playing twilight princess again.

it's pretty miserable.a lso it look sterrible (i'm playing the wii version on an HD tv, so obviously it looks balls, but everything's so dark and boring looking it wouldn't really matter if i was playing the HD version anyway)

but it does have this amazing baby man in it that i'd forgotten all about so it's not all bad

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:05 am

my niece/nephew think he's the most amazing thing ever and make me go in his shop and talk to him over and over again forever

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:06 am

the one thing i remember liking about twilight princess was the castles and i've only done two of them and they are still good so there's that at least

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:07 am

it is 16 years (sixteen YEARS) since i played this (i still have the save with the date on it so i have proof). so old

Post by **endar** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:44 pm

Now you must go fishing

Post by **vom** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:53 pm

haha I'd forgotten that weird baby

Post by **vom** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:53 pm

twilight princess was rubbish though yes

I still haven't played Skyward Sword, I feel somewhat obliged to do so eventually

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:15 pm

Oh no the third castle is a tedious water temple that I've been wandering around in uselessly for hours now. Rubbish

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:47 pm

vom wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:53 pm twilight princess was rubbish though yes

I still haven't played Skyward Sword, I feel somewhat obliged to do so eventually

There's a few sections in skyward sword that are legitimately great, but there's also a lot of bits that aren't unfortunately.

Post by **endar** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:27 pm

dng wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:15 pm Oh no the third castle is a tedious water temple that I've been wandering around in uselessly for hours now. Rubbish

I think that's where I gave up but can't remember. I remember trudging around in the big metal boots or whatever they are. Forever.

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:43 pm

Yes. Although the second one is also boot heavy. But with fire. And magnets

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:56 pm

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:57 pm

Pretty certain my friend Michaels dad had the EXECUTIVE to keep his Commodore 64 in, as I remember the roll top bit.

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:52 pm

Rolltop desks have always confused me slightly

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:53 pm

But also I've always secretly wanted one

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:55 pm

For our dragon 32 we had one a bit like that top one, but it also had a floor to it, where we stored our joysticks and stuff. I think my dad might have made it himself though. And also we had a tv from the co-op that was even branded with a co-op logo on it like they'd made it themselves.

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:55 pm

the tv had its own wheels

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:55 pm

such decadence. you don't get tvs with wheels on them nowadays

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Aug 06, 2022 3:58 pm

only in schools I understand.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:10 pm

Imagine if you had a TV in a school-type wheeled cabinet in your own house. The Queen would be envious of such a thing

Also I love the idea of a Co-Op branded TV. I wish other small supermarkets had done that, like Fine Fare or whatever. The latest 16" colour Wavy Line portable TV, complete with Teletext (Fastext not invented yet)

Post by **richschnauzer** » Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:08 pm

you'll like it, not a lot, but you'll like it.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:35 pm

I bet David Blaine wrote a video game for the Oric-1.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:09 am

Super cut down Wolfenstein 3d on the C64:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnrsK5jh_yI

(gameplay kicks in at 1m 37s.)

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:19 am

I'm currently watching a video 'bout retro game Youtubers Top Hat Gaming Man and Lady Decade (his other half), and their alleged woe-is-me grift, as well as the fact that they pay someone to write their Y/T scripts, and am now thinking: "Why am I giving a toss about this shite?"

swizpig · Post by **swizpig** » Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:44 pm

Oh, I'd somehow missed that Netshift/Blackshift (by the bloke that did n3ta fave Super Serif Bros over fifteen years ago) finally did get an updated Steam release a couple of years back

https://store.steampowered.com/app/741110/Blackshift/

Still fiendish

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:13 pm

I played Old Man's Journey, which is one of those melancholy indie games without much gameplay that I usually like. But in this case I thought it was shit for some reason? At least it was short. I should probably play an Actual Game next as this maybe wasn't the ideal change of pace after Night in the Woods

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:15 pm

(inevitably all the other unplayed games I have on switch are sad indie games with no actual gameplay)

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm

i'd quite like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-Driv ... B0B7BDN73B

but not a hundred and ten pounds quite like this

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm

it even has a load of mega cd games on there for some reason

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm

doesn't trig love mega cd games?

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm

or was it someone else

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm

(it was definitely trig)

Post by **endar** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:18 pm

i have a real mega drive 2 going spare if you'd like. Then you can get a Mega Everdrive and play all the roms, including Mega CD

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:38 pm

Thank you, but it's okay. I'm not sure I'd ever actually play anything on it anyway

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:38 pm

because i'm useless